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Pacific Lamprey Harvesting Underway at Willamette Falls

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

Native Americans from the Yakima and Warm Springs tribe harvest lamprey eels from the Willamette Falls in Oregon City. This ended up being a very challenging shoot. The rocks were slippery as ice. Normally, there are board installed above the falls to minimize the flow of water. This year, however, this was not the case so it was punishing to be under the falls. The amount of water was overwhelming to both fisherman and photographers.

I was really impressed with the tribal youth that fished. Some of them were doing it for the first time and they were troopers. The jumped in and went for it. I was even a little weary when eels where wrapping around my ankles when I crossed through the pools at the base of the falls. These kids were unflappable and bagged hundreds of fish.

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Prefontaine Classic, 2012

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

Track season started for me at the Pre Classic in Eugene this weekend. The Pre is a great meet in that it's televised and only lasts a few hours. The downside is that it's impossible to for one photographer to shoot every event. I missed a ton of great moments because I was stuck on the finish line. It was a nice primer for covering the Olympic Trials coming up on June 21.

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - Alysia Montano looks to the heavens as she crosses the finish line with a victory in the 800 meter run during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, wins the Bowerman Mile at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012, with a time of 3:49.40. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mo Farah celebrates his win and Galen Rupp celebrates his third place finish in 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - James Kiplagat Magut wins the International Mile during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - USA's Alice Schmidt wins the 1500 meter run ahead of Jenny Simpson during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Cyrus Hostetler finished fourth in the javelin at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 1, 2012 - Wilson Kiprop wins the Kenyan Olympic Trials 10k with a time of 27:01:98 during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Fri, Jun 1, 2012. Moses Ndiema Moses Masai also qualifies with his second place finish. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Justin Gatlin finished first in the 100m with a time of 9.90 during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Milcah Chemos started fast and finished first in the 3000m steeplechase during the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu set a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mariem Alaoui Selsouli breaks the tape in the 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Xiang Liu celebrates settting a meet record as he won the 110m hurdles at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Boaz Kiplagat Lalang and Nick Symmonds start the 800m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Abubaker Kaki finishes just ahead of and Mohamed Aman in the 800m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Sanya Richards-Ross wins the 400m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Track and field athletes compete in the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian'

EUGENE, OREGON - June 21, 2012 - Mo Farah celebrates as he wins the 3000m at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Ore., Sat, Jun 2, 2012. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

ESPN Assignment Published in May 28, 2012 Issue Now on Stands

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

I was assigned to shoot the Seattle Sounders game with photographers Rod Mar and Bruce Ely. We covered a game from start to finish. Rod started out with a fan getting is massive mohawk setup and had inside access to the locker room and behind-the-scenes of the entire process. I covered the Emerald City Supporters from the time they had breakfast at the Fuel Bar until they wrapped up their day at Temple Biliards. They ran two of my photos in the magazine. Here's a link to the story by Doug McIntyre and the online gallery.

Latourell Falls

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

When I arrived the light was perfect. I was streaming down through the trees and it was raining and the mist from the Latourell Falls filled the air. By the time I set up my tripod, it over. I settled in and waited for the light. It came but there were no people. Some people showed up and light left. I gave up and started to retract the legs of my tripod. The light broke through and four people appeared. I quickly got the legs back out and started shooting. This is what I saw.